Entertainment and AI Tech News

<p>In this week’s Entertainment and AI Tech News, Google is reportedly in talks with Hollywood studios to license film and television libraries for AI training. No formal agreements have been reached with Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery or Universal, amid ongoing copyright, legal and labor concerns. Amazon Web Services and Amazon MGM Studios unveiled a generative AI film fund and production platform for emerging filmmakers. The first all-AI FAST channel also launched on Roku, while Flick released 17 short films from its summer residency. Tripo AI raised $415 million to scale its 3D-native foundation models. Utopai Studios expanded its AI-native slate with five titles scheduled for release in 2027. Amazon Prime Video will introduce AI-powered lip-syncing for dubbed episodes of “Maxton Hall” Season 3. The Hollywood Creators Coalition launched its industry-focused Standards &amp; Definitions Project to quantify AI’s impact across entertainment jobs. Camelback Productions outlined plans for a $6 billion to $12 billion AI-powered production and entertainment complex in Arizona. Meanwhile, former Telepool CEO Yoko Higuchi-Zitzmann and AI filmmaker Mark Wachholz launched Dreamkite Studios in Germany to develop premium AI-first and hybrid productions.</p><p><br></p><p>Ginger Liu is the founder of Hollywood film and tech consultancy <a href="https://www.gliumedia.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener ugc nofollow noopener noopener">Ginger Media &amp; Entertainment</a>, a <a href="https://www.gingerliu.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener ugc nofollow noopener noopener">j</a>ournalist and <a href="https://gingerliu.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener ugc nofollow noopener noopener">researcher</a> on technology and entertainment, an MFA photographer and filmmaker, and host of the podcast <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/digital-afterlife-hollywood-ai-tech/id1647066879" target="_blank" rel="noopener ugc nofollow noopener noopener">Digital Afterlife: Hollywood &amp; AI Tech</a></p>